Jannik Sinner to win Maestro title at Atp Finals
The tournament in which the best eight players on the circuit compete begins today in Turin: Jannik makes his debut against De Minaur. Nearly $5 million up for grabs
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Key points
- The eight contenders
- Staggering jackpot
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Eliana Di Caro
Whatever happens in the Finals, the last tournament of the year on the Atp circuit, Jannik Sinner will end 2024 as world number one and for this he will be honoured tomorrow night in Turin. But the motivation to win is certainly not lacking: the Masters title, which escaped him by a whisker last year in the final against Novak Djokovic, would be the icing on the cake of an exceptional, albeit complicated, year (see the doping affair yet to be definitively resolved). With the title there would be the double booty of points (as many as 1,500) and money ($4,881,500, if he reaches the end without losing any matches).
The eight contenders
The fascination of the Finals, where one also arrives tired after a season that gives no respite but with high ambitions on the part of each of the contenders, is really in itself. At the Inalpi Arena the best eight in the world compete, although this year Nole Djokovic, who has won the tournament seven times and is now aiming for the next Australian Open, will not be there. The players are divided into two groups of four, and each within their own group challenges the others to qualify for the semi-finals (scheduled for Saturday 16). Sinner has been drawn with Alex De Minaur (he meets him tonight at 8.30 pm: seven to zero for Jannik in the head-to-head), Daniil Medvedev and Taylor Fritz (they are on court today at 2 pm); on the other side are Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev (fresh winner in Paris Bercy and world number two), Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev. Two tennis players from each group qualify and the first of one will challenge the second of the other in the semifinals. The big epilogue will be on Sunday 17 at 6 pm.In parallel, and with the same rules, the men's doubles will be played, with our Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori competing, after a splendid year on the court: winners in Halle, Beijing and Buenos Aires, finalists in Melbourne and Roland Garros. Tomorrow they will have a not easy debut against the Indian Rohan Bopanna and the Australian Matthew Ebden by whom they were defeated at the Australian Open.
Tremendous prize money.
